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Spiky obsession: March 2015
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015. At the same time, coming out of winter, I noticed some of the lower leaves on a couple of the larger agaves in the main dry bed. The main plants are the set of agave montanas. Winter damage on lower leaves is quite common, so it didn't worry me, what made me look more closely was the agave nigras. Looking closely you can see round patches in the dead leave, on the less damaged leaves these show up as black spots. Looking closely there are clear raise patches. There is not a lot ...
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Spiky obsession: July 2015
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Friday, 31 July 2015. Alpines loving the rain. July was a month of two halves. The start lovely and warm with the hottest July day on record, the end cold and wet. It is interesting watching how the plants reacted to these different conditions. Some agaves loved the heat, others stopped growing. Almost all the alpines struggled, with the heat and are loving the colder wetter weather. There are quite a few sempervivums in different stages of flower,. Thankfully all have offsets, so no need to replace them.
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Spiky obsession: The blooming echeverias
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Friday, 24 July 2015. I haven't posted about the echeverias much recently and thought it was time for this years post on the blue / white ones. The colour is created by the fine powder or bloom on the leaves. It is this powder that makes people reach out to touch them much to my horror. In last years post, found here. I focused ore on the pale green / blue ones. This year there are a few new ones for you. First up echeveria subsessili. A more structural variety is e. cante. One of the best echeverias in ...
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Spiky obsession: Time for a recount
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Friday, 7 August 2015. Time for a recount. There has been a fair amount of organising this summer; deciding which plants weren't working, duplicates and struggling plants. Add this to the fact that many plants went into the succulent rockery and it's looking quite pot light around here. So much so, for the first time ever I actually have an empty pot pile. Recently there was a post on the Plant Lust blog (you can find it here. Starting with the vertical planting. There are a few on the patio, and wall.
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Spiky obsession: September 2014
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Saturday, 27 September 2014. Look what I found. I got to spend some time in the garden today and look what I found dropped the other side of the garden gate. So while the plant is not quite what it was, at least the two largest are still around and stand some chance of surviving to form new clumps. Friday, 26 September 2014. You may remember a little while ago my post on orostachys fimbriata ( found here. A fox had dug it up. RIP orostachys fimbriata, and foxes beware this means war! It has been a couple...
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Spiky obsession: May 2014
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Thursday, 29 May 2014. Some goodies from the greenhouse. It has been horrible weather over the last few days, so it was nice to spend a bit of time in the greenhouse after work. Most things are fully into growth and starting to look good. My replacement aloe suprafoliata is now in full juvenile form. It will stay in this form until it flowers for the first time at which point it will start to spiral and will end up looking like my original plant. Last but by no means least is the largest pot of echeveria...
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Spiky obsession: August 2014
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014. The echeveria blues (and whites). There is such a range of colours available in leaves, the stand out has to be the blue / white you get when bloom covers the leaves. In some plants it is more subtle. Another pale echeveria is e. cuspidata var zaragoza. It has been painfully slow to get going but has finally started to form a good clump. It is a very delicate little echeveria, the combination of the pale blue leaves with pink tips is great. It is one of the new purchases this yea...
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Spiky obsession: A tiny landmark weekend
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Thursday, 6 August 2015. A tiny landmark weekend. Before going any further, I should add that the nicer ones were saved: given to neighbours or anyone else that wanted them. Just because they were not to my taste does mean someone else wouldn't love them. I was looking through photos trying to find a picture of the section that has just been cleared, this is the closest I could find. The space now looks like this:. The only problem is what to plant there? Although everything is ready to go, even dug some...
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Spiky obsession: Alpines loving the rain
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Friday, 31 July 2015. Alpines loving the rain. July was a month of two halves. The start lovely and warm with the hottest July day on record, the end cold and wet. It is interesting watching how the plants reacted to these different conditions. Some agaves loved the heat, others stopped growing. Almost all the alpines struggled, with the heat and are loving the colder wetter weather. There are quite a few sempervivums in different stages of flower,. Thankfully all have offsets, so no need to replace them.
